Mike Myers, a 1988 member of Chicago’s Second City ensemble, returns to town Oct. 19 to collect the 2024 Chicago International Film Festival career achievement award.
The writer-performer best known for “Saturday Night Live,” “Wayne’s World” and the “Austin Powers” trilogy will be the subject of “An Evening with Mike Myers.” He’ll be interviewed by friend and fellow Canadian comedy veteran Dave Foley of The Kids in the Hall ensemble and the NBC-TV sitcom “Newsradio.”
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Heather Graham and Mike Myers in 1999’s “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.” (New Line Cinema)
Venue and ticket prices to be announced, “An Evening with Mike Myers” is co-presented by The Second City. The 60th edition of the Chicago International Film Festival runs Oct. 16-27 at the festival’s usual array of venues, including AMC NewCity 14, the Music Box Theatre, the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Chicago History Museum, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts at the University of Chicago, and several Chicago Park District venues still in the works.
Michael Phillips is a Tribune critic.